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Sloop John B (alternate mix, Brian sings lead throughout)
The Beach Boys
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We've come on the Sloop John B
My grandfather and me
Around Nassau town we did roam
Drinkin' all night
Got into a fight
Well, I feel so break up
I wanna go home
So hoist up the John B's sail
To see how the mainsail sets
A call for the captain ashore, let me go home
Let me go home
I wanna go home
Well, I feel so break up
I wanna go home
The first mate, he got drunk
And broke up the people's trunk
The constable had to come and take him away
Sheriff John Stone
Why don't you leave me alone? (Leave me alone)
I feel so break up
I wanna go home
So hoist up the John B's sail
To see how the mainsail sets
A call for the captain ashore, let me go home
Let me go home
Why don't you let me go home?
Well, I feel so break up
I wanna go home
The poor cook, he caught the fits
And throw away all my grits
And then he took and he ate up all of my corn
Let me go home (Go home)
Why don't they let me go home? (Won't they let me go home?)
This is the worst trip since I've been born
So hoist up the John B's sail
To see how the mainsail sets
A call for the captain ashore, let me go home
Let me go home
Why don't they let me go home? (They did!)
I feel so break up (I was happy to be out there)
I wanna go home
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